In this interview, Jen Miller and Bridget Willard interview Ottawa resident, WordPress Developer, Third Degree Black Belt Sensei, and dancer Miriam Goldman about how she builds community wherever she goes. This past six months she's been travel

EP11 – International Community Growing – How Taco Verdonschot Unites Volunteers at WCEU – Community Connections

Mar 8th, 2018 52m 55s

Community manager for Yoast (joined them in Aug 2013 as a developer), and current volunteer lead for WCEU. The very 1st WCEU was held just a few months after Taco joined Yoast. He got to meet a lot of people at the after-party, and was impresse

EP10 – How WordCamps Build People and Businesses with Kathy Drewien – Community Connections

Feb 8th, 2018 56m 56s

In this episode, Jen Miller and Bridget Willard chat with Kathy Drewien, founder of Delta Primed and long-time community member in Atlanta, Georgia. Her sunny disposition is part of her brand and coaching. Find out more about how Kathy builds c

EP9 – Agency Life, WordCamps, & Work Life Balance w/ Tara Claeys – Community Connections Community Connections

Jan 11th, 2018 1h 1m

Based in Arlington, Virginia, Tara Claeys is the owner of Design TLC, and a co-founder of Nice Work, LLC, producing custom websites for small and medium businesses. Tara’s focus is on education and non profit websites, although she has also wor

EP8 – Building Community Through Sponsorship with Devin Sears – Community Connections

Dec 13th, 2017 58m 25s

In this episode of Community Connections, Jen and Bridget will chat with Devin Sears from Bluehost about how they build community, connections, and relationships through WordCamp and Meetup Sponsorships.The post EP8 – Building Community Through

EP7 – Building Community through WordCamps Large and Small – Community Connections

Nov 9th, 2017 1h

This week on Community Connections Bridget Willard and Jen Miller speak with the Empress of Priscilla Christian Graphic Services, Priscilla Christian about building community through WordCamps & volunteer wrangling.The post EP7 – Building Commu

EP6 – Intentional Community Building w/ Andrea Middleton – Community Connections

Oct 12th, 2017 59m 14s

In this episode Jen and Bridget talk with Andrea Middleton who works for Automattic as a Community Organizer on the WordPress open source project. They'll deep dive into what it takes to keep a community, protect its culture, and also find out

EP5 – Embracing the Community Through Voluntourism – Community Connections

Jul 10th, 2017 58m 40s

Bridget Willard and Jen Miller talk with Yvette Sonneveld on Embracing the WordPress Community Through Voluntourism. An avid WordCamp volunteer who plans to attend and volunteer at 3 WordCamps this year, Yvette will share how doing so empowered

EP4 – Building a Community around a Mascot with James Tryon – Community Connections

Jun 7th, 2017 38m 20s

This week on Community Connections Bridget Willard and Jen Miller talk with James Tryon about building a community around a mascot.The post EP4 – Building a Community around a Mascot with James Tryon – Community Connections appeared first on WP

EP3 – WordPress at Home in India w/ Meher Bala – Community Connections

May 10th, 2017 38m 20s

Meher Bala joins Bridget Willard and Jen Miller to discuss the topic of Community Connections – WordPress at Home in India.Linkshttp://meherbala.in/about-me/https://twitter.com/meherbalahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/meherbalaHow did you get start

EP2 - Building Them with WordCamp Marketing Hacks w/ Justine Pretorious

Apr 21st, 2017 1h 2m

Bridget Willard and Jen Miller are joined by Justine Pretorious to discuss Marketing hacks to build community connections at a WordCamp.Tweeting as WCLAX by Bridget WillardWordCamp marketing is not like regular event marketing – it’s a very dif

EP1 – In, Around and Through WordPress w/ Raquel Landefeld

Apr 11th, 2017 59m 15s

This week on WPblab Bridget Willard and Jen Miller are joined by Raquel Landefeld of Mode Effect to talk about community connections – in, around and through WordPress.